Pieter Strijdom, chairperson of the meat committee of the National Ostrich Processors of South Africa, has predicted a bright future for the country’s ostrich meat export industry – starting next year.

According to Strijdom, current export prices are about 15% down year-on-year, while export volumes are 20% lower compared with the previous year. Despite this, the prices paid to farmers for each carcass are 30% higher due to the rand's exchange rate, compared with other currencies such as the euro.

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